Rock and roll singer-songwriter Bob Seger rose to fame in the 1970s, achieving success both as a solo artist and as the frontman for the silver Bullet Band. His many popular songs include "Turn the Page," "Night Moves," "Old Time Rock & Roll" and "Against the Wind." He also co-wrote the Eagles’ song "Heartache Tonight," from their hit 1979 album The Long Run. The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the single sold over a million copies. Seger has stated that singer Little Richard was the artist who inspired him to become a musician.

Gene Vincent recorded “Be-Bop-A-Lula” at Owen Bradley‘sstudio in Nashville, Tennessee. It was released in June 1956 and immediately sold well. The song was successful on three American singles charts: it peaked at #7 on the Billboardpop music chart, #8 on the R&B chart, and also made the top ten on the C&W Best Seller chart peaking at #5. In April 1957, Capitol Records announced that over 2 million copies had been sold to date.

The song "Wild Thing" was originally recorded by the American band The Wild Ones in 1965, but is best known for its 1966 cover by the English band The Troggs, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1966. It ranked #261 on the Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.